BALLSTON SPA — A 31-year-old man faces 10 years in prison for robbing a bank in Ballston with what appeared to be a pistol.

Nigel R. Guy pleaded guilty Tuesday in Saratoga County Court to robbing the Adirondack Trust Company on May 23, according to prosecutors. Saratoga County sheriff's deputies arrested Guy after the robbery, when he crashed a car he was in at Galway and Middleline roads in Milton. All the stolen money was recovered. The incident caused nearby Ballston Spa schools to go into a temporary lockdown.

Guy pleaded guilty to second-degree robbery, a felony. He is expected to receive 10 years in prison and five years of probation when county Judge Jerry J. Scarano sentences him on Jan. 15, District Attorney James A. Murphy III said.